"In every battle the eyes are the first to be conquered..."
- Tacitus, Germania
"One must work in solitude as a man who opens a clearing in virgin forest, sustained by the unique hope that somewhere in its depths, others are working to the same end."
- Ernst Jünger
"I find that I must go handsomely, whatever it costs me, and the charge will be made up in the fruit it brings."
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Mon Amiral,
Has the general level of culture descended to such depths that you had to translate "Der Alte Fritz" as "Old Fritz"?
Blanc ~ It was a rare moment of generosity.
You rogues, do you want to live for ever?
Very prescient to our times. Es gefallt mir.
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